Visual Stuff by Tamás Somoskeöy

Top 10 Most Creative Application Replacement Icon

Toma01 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:39:24 +0000

Just a few creative high-quality replacement icons for Mac, i found these pretty amazing & use them everyday. I hope you know how to replace these icons, but if don’t, it’s simple! Just click “Get info” for the application and copy & paste the replacement icon into the highlighted application’s icon.
If you ever change your mind and want back the original icon of the application, just push “delete”, when the icon is highlighted. So, enjoy!!;)
(click on the images for download)

1. Safari

2. Firefox

3. Mail

4. iTunes

5. Photoshop

6. Finder

7. Text Edit or Word

8. Preview

9. VLC or Quicktime

10. Hard drives

Finder icon replacement without any programs on Mac

Toma01 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:18:45 +0000

There are few programs to change your icons easily with a few clicks, but as i think people do not change their icons everyday it’s kind of a useless thing to give money for such things. Either way you can do it to yourself. I cannot take any responsibility for the damage may caused to your computer, but this works for me.

As we know changing icons for simple programs, like Safari, iTunes, Mail etc., it’s just an easy Get Info → Copy & Paste thing. But the changing of our Finder icon pretends to be a headache. So let’s see how it works!

First, you’ll need your desired replacement icon in a .png & .icns format. If you haven’t got any idea how could you get these file formats, please use this website, easy as pie to convert!
Go to your Mac’s Library, like System → Library → CoreServices → Finder.app and Right-click “Show Package Content”
In this folder go to Contents → Resources → Finder.icns and replace it with your desired icon’s .icns formatted icon with the exact same name like “Finder.icns” (maybe administrator’s permission needed). PLEASE RESTORE the original Finder.icns somewhere on your Mac.
Okay, we’re almost cool now. Go to System → Library → CoreServices → Dock.app and Right-click “Show Package Content”, then go to Contents → Resources again. Here you’ll find the “finder.png” image, PLEASE RESTORE FIRST, then replace it with your icon’s .png formatted picture.
The next step is a really important step. You have to delete your dock & finder “history”, unless your old Finder icon will be shown.. BUT this may cause that you have to set up your Dock and Finder’s view options – but it’s not really a hard thing to do. So, go to Users → You → Library → Preferences and find “com.apple.dock.plist” and “com.apple.finder.plist” files. PLEASE RESTORE them, then delete.

Now, you’re done – Do a restart and voilá! But don’t forget you have to rearrange and redo your Dock and Finder settings!
If you’ve found this post a help to yourself, please share!

Dandelion Challenge Part I (macro)

Toma01 — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:12:00 +0000

(better on Flickr)

Here’s the first part of my “Dandelion Challenge”. The light comes from a LED electric torch (not blue).

Ringlight me

Toma01 — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:16:38 +0000

(better on Flickr)

I look like a policeman in these glasses!! These are my favourite sungasses ever… Ray-Ban of course! The shot was taken with my DIY Ringlight.

Dramatic beauty (landscape)

Toma01 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:27:44 +0000

(better on Flickr)

textured landscape near to my hometown

Happy Birthday to my little brother!! (b&w portrait)

Toma01 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:51:45 +0000

(better on Flickr)

He’s 9 today!! :)
taken with my DIY ringflash

Splash Crown (tutorial)

Toma01 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:13:21 +0000

(better on Flickr)

It’s not that difficult to do an image like this, just follow the description:
I placed a transparent tank with a blue paper under it. I got my camera with the flash (Canon Speedlite 550EX). I grabbed a pipette and did the drops falling… just slowly, one drop – because in that case there are no waves! So yeah, the color is natural….. no Photoshop!! =D

Another splash with this technique

Generations – textured self portrait

Toma01 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:42:01 +0000

(better on Flickr)

textured self portrait – tutorial for textures

Textured self portrait

Toma01 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:30:04 +0000

(better on Flickr)

textured self portrait – here’s a tutorial for textured images…

Portrait of my brother with ringlight (tutorial)

Toma01 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:26:27 +0000

(better on Flickr)
So here’s my first ringlight shot…. I did it myself, i mean the ringlight!

Here’s some pictures how to do a ringlight at home! (this is not mine)

Just few tips, how can you make this ringlight better (not on the image):
- try to create it that you don’t have to use manual mode on the flash and don’t have to use some wireless connection between the camera and the flash. you can see a picture of what i’m talking about…
- take a white paper on the front of the ringflash, because the light is very strong and your model will be blind… :D

So give it a try my friend! It’s free! :)
Good luck!